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* Add this to <tt>pi</tt>'s crontab:
* Add this to <tt>pi</tt>'s crontab:
  # PiCam
  # PiCam
  */10 * * * * /home/pi/Development/motion_webcam/takePicture.sh
  */10 * * * * /home/pi/Development/motion_webcam/takePicture.sh > /dev/null 2>&


=== Check if it works ===
=== Check if it works ===

Revision as of 13:29, 16 August 2013

This article describes the setup of the Raspberry Pi Camera with motion to take pictures on [1]motion.

Setup

Get package list

apt-get update

Update all packages

apt-get upgrade

Enable the camera

raspi-config

Raspicam01.png
Then answer the following stupid questions ("really enable?" and "reboot now?"), and you're done.

Configuration

Now we've set up drivers, we need to verknuspel[2] the Raspi Cam with motion. That is a bit tricky, since motion does not support the Raspi Cam. But it supports webcams. So we need to convert our Raspi Cam into a webcam.

Make the Pi take pictures

Since /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ is the default CGI-directory...

  • make sure, everyone can access the camera device[3]:
chmod o+rwx /dev/vchiq 

* create a folder named webcam:

cd /usr/lib/cgi-gbin
mkdir webcam
chown pi webcam

* create this script named webcam.cgi:

#!/bin/bash
echo "Content-type: image/jpeg"
echo ""
#
# timeout should not be 0, since images will be to dark and are noisy
#raspistill --nopreview -t 1 -w 1024 -h 768 -o -
# 
# Since my cam is mounted wrong, I prefer to flip it :)
raspistill --nopreview -t 1 -w 1024 -h 768 -o - | convert - -flip -
#
#raspistill -t 0 -w 1024 -h 768 -o -
exit 0

* Make it executable

chmod +x webcam.cgi

This won't work very reliably, because this will occur:

stdout: mmal: mmal_vc_component_enable: failed to enable component: ENOSPC
mmal: camera component couldn't be enabled
mmal: main: Failed to create camera component
mmal: Failed to run camera app. Please check for firmware updates

No solution yet, so I decided to don't let motion execute the cgi, but crond:

  • create this script named takePicture.sh:
#!/bin/bash
#
# Globals
#
GFOLDERTARGET="/var/www/webcam"
GFILELOCK="${GFOLDERTARGET}/takePicture.lck"
GFILELOCKAGEMAX="60"
#
#
#
# Main
#
# Check locking
if [ -f "${GFILELOCK}" ]; then
  LOCKFILEAGE="`stat --format=\"%Z\" \"${GFILELOCK}\"`"
  NOW="`date +'%s'`"
  AGE="`expr ${NOW} - ${LOCKFILEAGE}`"
  if [ "${AGE}" -gt "${GFILELOCKAGEMAX}" ]; then
     echo "Lockfile is ${AGE} seconds old, removing it."
     rm "${GFILELOCK}"
  else
     echo "Lockfile is ${AGE} seconds old, exiting."
     exit 1
  fi
fi
#
#
# Lock
echo $$ > "${GFILELOCK}"
#
# timeout should not be 0, since images will be to dark and are noisy
# Since my cam is mounted wrong, I prefer to flip it :) (and flop it)
raspistill --nopreview -w 1024 -h 768 -o - | convert - -flip -flop - > "${GFOLDERTARGET}/lastsnap.jpg"
#
# Unlock
rm "${GFILELOCK}"
#
# Exit
exit 0
  • create a folder named webcam:
cd /var/www
mkdir webcam
chown pi webcam
  • Add this to pi's crontab:
# PiCam
*/10 * * * *	/home/pi/Development/motion_webcam/takePicture.sh > /dev/null 2>&

Check if it works

http://YOUR_PI_S_IPA/cgi-bin/webcam/webcam.cgi

Get motion to check 'em

Install motion

apt-get install motion

Configure motion

Edit /etc/motion/motion.conf:

netcam_url http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/webcam/webcam.cgi
netcam_url http://127.0.0.1/webcam/lastsnap.jpg

and

target_dir /var/www/webcam-archive



  1. guess what! :)
  2. yes, I just coined the term. I hope it will make it! More about verknuspel!
  3. including web users